G10 was Re: Ammonia spark gap ?

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Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>

Bob,
How much is this G10 stuff then? Can it be cut on say a bandsaw or a lathe?
It seems to be a good remedy for the nasty exploding RSG syndrome :)

Regards,
Jason
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> Original poster: "bob golding by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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> Jason,
>     If you type in "mcMaster Carr" in google then g10 in "search" you will
> find more than you ever wanted to know about G10. Oh by the way it is a
> glass epoxy laminate. My rotary has a g10 rotor so you will see it in
action
> at Corby.
>
> cheers
> bob golding
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> > Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>
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> > Duncan,
> > > Yep.  That's the point.  To make ammonia takes hydrogen, nitrogen,
> > > heat (a few hundred C) and high pressure (a few hundred atm) plus a
> > > fast flow rate to whip the ammonia out to somewhere cool before it has
> > > time to decompose.
> > Dont they dissolve it in water then distil it? not sure...
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> > > If you do it the other way round, ammonia, low
> > > pressure (1 atm) high temperature (spark, thousands of C) no flow
> > > rate, then the ammonia will fall apart and give nitrogen and hydrogen
> > > :-)  The **reverse** of the Haber process.
> > If anyone has an old vaccum SG ro a little xray tube i'd like to fill it
> > with ammonia and give it a whirl... might be interesting!
> >
> > > >I still think the best bet is an RSG though (IMHO :))
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> > > Or a triggered gap.  Marc has done some excellent stuff with his
> > >  http://www.fortunecity-dot-com/meltingpot/syria/1210/id40.htm ) and it
> > > looks like it may be cheap and easy to build if you're not into
> > > machining G10 composite or modifying motors.
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> > What is G10? Ive seen a lot about G10 and G11... are they some king of
> > alloy?
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> > Jason
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